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Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Luxor Temple by night - East Bank, Luxor, Egypt
Luxor Temple stands aloof in the heart of Luxor, ennobling the view from the waterfront with its grand colonnades and pylons, which are spotlit at night.
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Luxor Temple - East Bank, Luxor, Egypt
Luxor
Temple stands aloof in the heart of Luxor, ennobling the view from the
waterfront with its grand colonnades and pylons, which are spotlit at
night.
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Monday, 1 October 2012
Temple complex of Karnak - East Bank, Luxor, Egypt
The temple complex of Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument but the Pyramids of Giza. Built on a leviathan scale to house the gods, it comprises three separate temple enclosures, the grandest being the Precinct of Amun, dedicated to the supreme god of the New Kingdom - a structure large enough to accommodate ten great cathedrals.
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Friday, 28 September 2012
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut - West Bank, Luxor, Egypt
Deir el-Babri is the Arabic name for the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, the only woman ever to reign over ancient Egypt. Set amid a vast natural amphitheatre in the Theban Hills, the temple rises in imposing terraces, the shadowed verticals of its colonnades drawing power from the massive crags overhead.
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